Minnesota Amendment 1, Establishing Voter Eligibility Measure (1865)

Minnesota Amendment 1
Election date November 7, 1865
Topic Citizenship voting requirements and Residency voting requirements
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Minnesota Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Minnesota on November 7, 1865. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amendment establishing the following voting criteria for all men over the age of 21: who were born in the United States; foreign persons who declared their intentions to become citizens; persons of mixed white and Indian blood who have adopted the customs of civilization; and, persons of Indian blood who have adopted the customs of civilization and have passed an examination that pronounced them capable of voting

A "no" vote opposed amendment establishing the following voting criteria for all men over the age of 21: who were born in the United States; foreign persons who declared their intentions to become citizens; persons of mixed white and Indian blood who have adopted the customs of civilization; and, persons of Indian blood who have adopted the customs of civilization and have passed an examination that pronounced them capable of voting

Election results

Minnesota Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		12,135	45.30%
No		14,651	54.70%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

For amendment to section one, article seven. Against amendment to section one, article seven.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Minnesota Constitution

A simple majority vote was required during one legislative session for the Minnesota State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot.

Before 1898, when voters approved Amendment 2, a measure passed if it received a simple majority of votes cast on the measure itself, rather than a majority of all votes cast in the election.

See also

1865 Measures

• 1865 Measures
• Citizenship voting requirements on the ballot
• Residency voting requirements on the ballot
• Voting age policy on the ballot
• 1865 legislative sessions

Minnesota

• Minnesota ballot measures
• Minnesota ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Minnesota Constitutional Amendments